Non-refillable bottle.



J. W. FREEMAN.

lNON-RFPILLABLP BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1911.

1,082,020. Patented Deo. 23, 1913.

witnesses Z% Inventor, v/W/mw. I o', f 1

Attorneys SATES "PATENT FFfC.

JOHN W. FREEMAN, OF ALLEENE, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO SQUIRE C. HODGES, OF ARDEN, ARKANSAS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Bec. 23,1913.

Application filed September 12, 1911. Serial No. 648,931.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN lV. FREEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alleene, in the county of Little River and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a bottle having a stopper consisting of primary and secondary parts, the construction being such that when the primary part is vv'ithdrawn, the secondary part will drop to the bottom of the bottle, it being impossible to remove the secondary part, the said secondary part, when free to move within the bottle, serving to indicate that the bottle has been filled and emptied. The device, therefore, aims to provide a bottle which will indicate when it has been once emptied.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appeal' as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 shows the preferred form of the invention in longitudinal section; F i0'. 2 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing the tip of the stopper broken off, the device being shown in Fig. 2 as it will appear after it has been filled, and still contains its contents; Fig. 3 is a transverse section upon the line A B of Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a perspective of the secondary member of the stopper; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section showing a modified form of invention; and Fig. 6 is a perspective of the secondary portion of the stopper which is employed in connection with that form of the invention which appears in Fig. 5.

In carrying out the invention there is provided as a primary and fundamental element, a. receptacle l, which may be of any form. In the present instance, the receptacle 1 is shouldered at its upper end, as shown at 2, and is provided with a neck 3.

rThe stopper is a two-part structure, and includes a primary member 4, adapted to lit closely in the neck 3. The primary member Llis preferably fashioned from cork.

The secondary member of the stopper consists of a head 5 and an upstanding, tapered, conical neck The head is adapted to engage the shoulder 2 of the receptacle, and the neck (3 is adapted to be wedged in the annular primary member t.

The upper end of the neck G Vflush with the outer end face of the prin'iary member fl. The secondary member, comprising the parts 5 and (3, is preferably fashioned from glass, and includes` a frangible tip 7, formed at the outer end of the neck (5, the tip 7 being constricted adjacent its point of union with the neck (5, as shown at S. The tip 7 terminates in a boss 9, adapted to receive a cord 10, a wire or other flexible element.

In that form of the invention which appears in Fig. 5, the bottle or receptacle is denoted by the numeral 11, the same being shouldered as shown at l?, and being provided with a neck 14.

The stopper is a two-part structure, as before, and comprises an annular part 15, preferably fashioned from cork, and adapted to it closely in the neck 14. The secondary member of the stopper consists of a head 1G, adapted to engage the shoulder 12. Fixed to and protruding from the head 1G, is a neck 17, the outer end of which is substantially flush with the outer end face of the primary member 15 of the stopper. A flexible element, preferably a wire 18 is secured to the outer end of the neck 17.

The operation of that forni of the invention which appears in Fig. 1 is as follows: Since the secondary member, comprising the parts 5 and (i, cannot be rcmoved through the neck 3, this secondary member is of course placed within the bottle 1, while the same is being manufactured. By inverting the bottle, the secondary member may be positioned substantially as shown in Fig. 1. Under such eircumstanccs, the tip 7 will protrude beyond the end of the neck 3, and therefore a hold may be secured upon the tip 7. The flexible clement 10 is then secured to the tip 7, this flexible element 10 heilig threaded through the central opening in the primary part 4t. The primary and secondary parts are then assembled in the neck of the bottle 3, as shown in Fig. 1, and the tip 7 is broken ofi' at its grooved portion 8, the device under such circumstances appearing substantially as indicated by the reference character 28 in Fig. 2. When the primary member t is removed, in order to permit a pouring out of the contents of the bottle l, the head 5 of the secondary member will engage the shoulder 2 and drop to the bot tom of the bo-ttle. 1Whenever, therefore, a customer receives a bottle l, in Which the secondary member is loose and rolling about, the customer may be assured that the bottle has been refilled. Owing` to the fact that the stem 7 has been' broken off, after the iirst iilling' of the bottle, the primary and secondary parts of the stopper cannot be reassembled in their original positions.

That form of the invention which appears in Fig. 5 does not diiier materially in operation from the foregoing, the Wire 18 be ing` clipped oi'f close to the upper end of the neck 17, after the bottle has been iilled.

in either form of the invention, the secondary member of the stopper is provided with a removable portion, facilitating the assembling of the primary and secondary parts, the removable portion being cut or broken oif, after the bottle is filled, Whereby the primary and secondary portions of the stopper cannot again be assembled, after they once are separated.

It is to be noted that th-e bore of the neck of the bottle is tapered inwardly. lonsequently, When the tapered part 6 of the secondary member of the stopper is thrust into the primary member of the stopper, a maximum co-mpression Will take place in alinement With the top 2 of the f bottle. Therefore, a lateral burst-ing of the neck of the bottle, due to the transverse pressure of the part 6 Will be avoided. Further, by reason of the construction above pointed out, the closure Will tit tightly in the neck adjacent the liquid.

Having` thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a device of the class described, a receptacle comprising a top, and a neck having a tapered bore, the narrovvest portion of the bore being alined With the top; a cylindrical, compressible member located in the neck and extended across the plane of the top; and an inwardly removable stopper comprising; an outwardly tapered extension, the Widest part of the extension engaging' the compressible member in alinement with the top and yin alinement with the narrowest part of the bore of the neck, to eifect a maximum compression at the inner end of the cylindrical member and in alinement with the top, whereby the top Will constitute a reinforcement, adapted to resist the maximum compression.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto ai'lixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN `W. FREEMAN.

Witnesses R. M. PARKER, E. R. JONES.

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Washington, D. C. 

